Borden-Pond House

Borden-Pond House
Location 40 Laurel St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°16′8″N 71°47′34″W / 42.26889°N 71.79278°W / 42.26889; -71.79278Coordinates: 42°16′8″N 71°47′34″W / 42.26889°N 71.79278°W / 42.26889; -71.79278
Built 1856
Architectural style Italianate
MPS Worcester MRA
NRHP Reference #

80000590

[1]
Added to NRHP March 05, 1980

The Borden-Pond House is a historic house at 40 Laurel Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, at its junction with Edward Street. The three story stone house was built c.1856-59, and is an architecturally unusual example of Second Empire styling with a colorful ownership history. It was probably built by John Borden, a mason and its first resident, built was sold to Lucius Pond in 1861. Pond was a leading local industrialist, who helped invent the Ellsworth repeating rifle. Pond was director of a local bank when rumors of its insolvency led to his flight in 1875.

He was arrested in San Francisco, California, attempting to gain passage on a ship to Australia. Pond was convicted of forging bank notes, and spent seven years in prison. The house originally had a mansard roof, but this was squared off to a full third story. It is a rare survivor from a period when a number of stone villas were built in the area.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Borden-Pond House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-10.


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